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Improve your manager-employee conversations with this hack
Team Management, New Managers Carrie Skowronski Team Management, New Managers Carrie Skowronski

Improve your manager-employee conversations with this hack

At Team Leadology, we know firsthand just how tempting it can be to cancel those touch points with your team members. We know you think canceling will give some time back to both you AND your employees… but in reality, the cost of postponing 1-on-1s is so much more than the benefit of receiving an extra 30 or so minutes it frees up on your calendar!

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Remove These 6 Corporate Pet Peeves to Improve Your Leadership Language
Workplace Strategies Carrie Skowronski Workplace Strategies Carrie Skowronski

Remove These 6 Corporate Pet Peeves to Improve Your Leadership Language

While attempting to improve relationships and communication within teams, leaders often adopt industry-specific language to convey complex ideas efficiently. Unfortunately, these clichés often miss the mark, creating an even larger gap between managers and their teams. After being featured in Forbes alongside 19 other communication experts, we’ve identified our top six pieces of workplace jargon that leaders should eliminate to refine their leadership language. Read more to delve deeper into these common phrases as we offer our insights on why they hinder effective communication and how to replace them with clearer, more impactful language.

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Why is Unplugging From Work so Damn Hard?
Workplace Strategies Carrie Skowronski Workplace Strategies Carrie Skowronski

Why is Unplugging From Work so Damn Hard?

Ten Percent Happier has an article titled "Why Can't I Relax”, which explains the barriers we face in finding inner calm and disconnecting from work during our time away, and in it they have a very relatable quote about the struggles of unplugging from work:

"Do you ever notice that when you have time to relax, you can’t help but squander it in ways that are anything but regenerative? All too often, the little time we have to ourselves leaves us far from feeling rested and restored. In fact, having downtime can lead to even more anxiety.”

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How to Be a Great Leader in 2024
Workplace Strategies, Leadership Skills Carrie Skowronski Workplace Strategies, Leadership Skills Carrie Skowronski

How to Be a Great Leader in 2024

With 2024 already in full swing, we are already dreaming about all the ways we can transform as leaders this year.

At the start of each new year, the widely adopted "back to the grind" mindset can easily overwhelm us. Setting goals that propel our development is crucial, but fostering habits that empower both teams and leaders has been proven to be more sustainable in the long run.

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What Does Whole Person Development Even Mean?
Carrie Skowronski Carrie Skowronski

What Does Whole Person Development Even Mean?

Let’s face it, when things are good at work they go better at home and vice versa. Especially with the increase in remote work, it’s almost impossible to separate work from home these days.

This means, now more than ever before leaders will need to learn to holistically develop their employees. After all, you hired the whole person, so why wouldn’t you develop the whole person as well?

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